My dad told us he was a mid-level manager at a parts distributor

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I show it to Ellie in the morning. Her face goes pale.

“You’re not thinking of going,” she says.

“I have to.”

Ellie sighs. “Then I’m coming with you.”

We leave before Mom wakes up. Bayridge is on the edge of town, tucked between a decommissioned naval base and a row of decaying shipping yards. The warehouse is huge, rusted, with boards nailed over the continue reading …